An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This cartoon is a caricature of the Democratic presidential balloting and supporters in the national election...

A parade of horseback riders and wagons connected with one of the two railroad tented circuses playing Nashville in the fall of 1938: Robbins Bros. Circus played the lot across Fourth Avenue from the Fairgrounds on August 29th, 1938 and there was a...

A photograph of the radar service at Berry Field, Nashville, Tennessee in August 1952. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the state administrator of the Works Progress Administrator, or...

A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about “three pickets kept vigil before the Andrew Jackson hotel today after 185 employees walked out on strike.” The Andrew Jackson hotel opened in August of 1924 on the east side of Memorial...

A postcard of the Andrew Jackson Hotel. This hotel opened in August of 1925 on the east side of Memorial Plaza on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Deaderick Street. The massive brick structure boasted 400 guest rooms. During the years it was in...

Pictured: “Barnes Ruth,” the first elephant Al G Barnes ever owned, with the Barnes-Sells-Floto that played at Centennial Park on October 26th, 1938. There was a “Features Show” at Centennial Park with the Al G Barnes and Sells-Floto Combined...

A scene from the honorary breakfast event at the Governor’s Mansion for naval officer William R. Anderson, circa September, 1958. Anderson commanded the Navy’s first atomic submarine, the “USS Nautilus” on its historic cruise beneath the North...

Pictured in foreground: Governor Frank Clement and Commander William R. Anderson (in military uniform). This photo relates to an honorary breakfast hosted at the Governor’s Mansion. Anderson commanded the Navy’s first atomic submarine, the “USS...

Pictured: Commander William R. Anderson (seated, in military uniform) in conversation with Rufus E. Fort, Jr., a Nashville businessman. This photo relates to the honorary breakfast for Commander Anderson at the Governor’s Mansion, circa September,...

Pictured: Navy Commander William R. Anderson (in military uniform holding the Tennessee Flag) next to Governor Frank Clement. This photo relates to an honorary breakfast hosted for the Naval officer at the Governor’s Mansion. Anderson commanded...

A cabinet card portrait photograph of Captain Pleas A. Smith, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on the 10th of November, 1841, and was raised on the "Ewing Farm" six miles south of Nashville. At...

Some of the student models are pictured with Mayor Briley, promoting the Castner-Knott’s “Fashion Happening,” with “60 Models: Guys and Gals from Nashville High Schools and Colleges,” and “It’s a Happening,” at the War Memorial Auditorium on August...

Otto Griebling and Prince Paul, and a striped tiger, with the Robbins Bros. circus that played in Nashville on August 29th, 1938. This photo was published in Nashville Banner with the caption: “Clowns, trapeze artists, equestriennes, and all the...

Pictured: A crowd viewing a parade of horses in Nashville, Tennessee circa 1938. There were two railroad tented circuses playing Nashville in the fall of 1938: Robbins Bros. Circus played the lot across Fourth Avenue from the Fairgrounds on August...

Pictured: Circus staff putting up a canvas tent in Nashville, Tennessee.
This photo relates to one of the two railroad tented circuses playing Nashville in the fall of 1938: Robbins Bros. Circus played the lot across Fourth Avenue from the...